Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly<n id="1" /> to God, and everyone<n id="2" /> must turn from their<n id="3" /> evil way of living<n id="4" /> and from the violence that they do.<n id="5" />

The Israelites cried out for help to the <sc>Lordsc>, because Sisera<n id="1" /> had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,<n id="2" /> and he cruelly<n id="3" /> oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.p>

<p class="bodytext">The Ephraimites said to him, &#8220;Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us<n id="1" /> when you went to fight the Midianites!&#8221; They argued vehemently with him.

If the individual said to him, &#8220;First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,&#8221; he would say, &#8220;No!<n id="1" /> Hand it over right now! If you don&#8217;t, I will take it forcibly!&#8221;p>

as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.<n id="1" />

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness<n id="1" /> you have ruled over them.